Despite advancements in AI for games in recent years, non-player characters (NPCs) still do not perceive the world in a realistic manner. NPC’s sense of hearing has been limited or ignored. Building on our previous work that saw the development of GrAF, a graph-based spatial sound framework capable of modelling the propagation of sound through complex three dimensional virtual environments in real-time, here we apply this method to NPCs, providing them with the ability to “perceive” sounds in a more realistic manner, ultimately leading to more realistic NPC behavior.

Authors: Cowan, Brent; Kapralos, Bill; Collins, KC
Affiliations: Ontario Tech University; University of Waterloo(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Conference: 2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2020)
Paper Number: 2-6
Publication Date: August 13, 2020 Import into BibTeX
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